St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30

practical sense that had characterized
the orations and essays, and who said
some very pleasant things concerning
the relations of the young people to
the residents of the village, concluding
with the hope that when awarded the
final diploma each and all might find
recorded thereon, "Well done good
and faithful servant" The morning
exercises closed with the benediction
by Rev. Edward Fairbanks.
Class Day Exercises.
The class of ~ held its class day
exercises under the trees by the north
west corner of the academy building.
By the stand was life size portrait of
the principal, c. E. Putney, the memo
rial left by the class of ~. The pic
ture was an admirable likeness and
will be hung in Academy hall. c. P.
Matthews presided very gracefully as
president of the day. The class ora
ton was delivered by Dan c. Richard
son of Waterbury, well prepared and
~, the class gift, alma mater, teachers
and classmates were all remembered
and the orator was loudly applauded.
The class essay was by Mabel A.
Wood, whose theme was ga Few Adj
vertisements," mostly "wants," that
included some serious needs of the
academy and others tending to satirize
well known peculiarities of the class
of ~ and its members. The class
poem was by William It. Hincks of
Bridgeport, Conn.,, who was transport
ed one night to Troy where certain
trees yielded poetry and where he
found on the 87th branch of the 87th
tree a true history of the class of '87 !,
which was very interestingly told.
The class prophecies were read by
Lena b. Carlton of Haverhill, N. H.,
and included the usual witticisms and
"grinds" on the members of the class.
The very successful exercises closed
with the reading and singing of the
class ode, composed by Clarence H..
Wiley of Barton Landing. The clouds
that threatened rain kindly gave the
crowd just time to reach home before
the food gates were opened and it
rained furiOusly.
The Alumni Meeting.
The annual reunion of the alumni
was held in academy hall at 22O in
| hn off
sided in the absence of the president.
The address, delivered by Lemuel
Hastings of Claremont, N. H., and of
the class of &c, was a thoughtful dis
cussion of the incompleteness of hu
man knowledge Notwithstanding the
fact that human knowledge has ad
vanced so much in these later years.
At the conclusion of the address a
number of calls were made by Chair
man BOyntOn, on members of the
alumni for remarks. Judge Ross ex-
pressed pleasure that he was present.
He remembered the first time he enter
ed the old academy in 1874 and urged
that members of the alumni make it a
point to attend these reunions. Ash
ton Willard, Esq, of Montpelier, brief
ly responded to a call, secOnding the
remarks of Judge Ross as to the value
of these gatherings of the alumni. C..
P. Matthews spoke for the class of ~
and Il. B. Pentield for the class of SO.
E. l.. HOvey recalled some old school
memories and gave expression to his
pleasure on this occasion, compliment
ing the class of ~ as giving evidence
by their commencement exercises that
the school still maintained it's old and
high standard. A nominating COM
mittee consisting of Miss Julia Ross,
Mrs. w. P. Stafford and p. S. Wild
then reported these officers for the
ensuing year and they were elected :
President, A. E. Rankin vice presi-
dent, E. L. Hovey; secretary and
treasurer, Abby Brown; executive
committee, P. F. BlOdgett, Helen
Brown, Mrs. w. P. Fairbanks. At the
suggestion of Judge Ross the matter of
preparing obituary notices of each
member of the alumni who dies dur
ing the year was discussed and refer
red to the officers of the alumni. There
was quite a large attendance of the
alumni and handshakings and greet
ings were the order of the hour that
followed the close of the meeting.
| SO Reunion.
At the close of the alumni meeting,
the members of the class of 'S6 held all
impromptu reunion in No. 8 of the
academy. In the absence of both the
president and vice president, Il. B.
Penfield called the meeting to order,
and nominated Burton S. Gilman for
chairman. After his election, Mr..
Gilman called upon the secretary of
the class, to read the roll call, and
eleven young ladies and fourteen
young gentlemen were found to be
present. A pleasant hour was then
spent in reviewing the work accom-
plished by the different members dur
ing the year, and short speeches were
made by E. P. Drew, F. o. Grover, A.
E. Luce, l. E. Morse, w. A. Woods,
C. d. French, III. N. johnson, P. E.
May, t. B. Penfield, F. w. Elkins, B.
S. Gilman, Miss A. G.. Clark, Miss E.
L. Hovey, Miss M. C. Lawrie, Miss V.
H. May, Miss Annie Smith, Miss B. R.
Oughtred, Miss E. A. Young, Miss M.
A. Robbie and Miss Bessie Thompson.
The Reception and Good Bye.